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Match Thread Coventry City - Watford FC Match Thread - Saturday 25th Oct (23 Viewers)

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steve cooper

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  • Yesterday at 3:10 PM
  • #806
Brighton Sky Blue said:
The midfield was just undercooked and there was some complacency thrown in.

That said Watford played very well, interested to see if they sustain that.
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They didn't look too bad against West Brom in the week
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • Yesterday at 3:10 PM
  • #807
Evo1883 said:
I agree you have , any team that has 2 of their best midfielders out will always have the potential to falter , especially today where they were so big and powerful in parts , added ro a couple other players not being at their best its just great weve come through with 3 points isnt it ?
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Yes frustrating we couldn't get that extra cm in.

Hopefully with Eccles back we revert to a midfield of him allen and grimes for the next few
 

Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Yesterday at 3:10 PM
  • #808
shmmeee said:
A midfield of Allen and Eccles isn’t good enough at this level. We’ve needed a CM for years and we still need one possibly two.
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Allen-Grimes-Eccles is clearly not ideal but I think we needed the extra man in there and Lampard eventually agreed.
 

AFCCOVENTRY

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  • Yesterday at 3:10 PM
  • #809
To be fair that’s the end of a 3 game week. Done bloody well
 
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Evo1883

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  • Yesterday at 3:11 PM
  • #810
shmmeee said:
A midfield of Allen and Eccles isn’t good enough at this level. We’ve needed a CM for years and we still need one possibly two.
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In fairness they are 4th and 5th choice midfielder .. how many teams in the top 6 are playing many games without 2 of their starting midfielders
 
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jordan210

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  • Yesterday at 3:11 PM
  • #811
We need to work on cutting out teams playing through ball's
 

skybluecam

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  • Yesterday at 3:11 PM
  • #812
procdoc said:
We are unbeaten after another three game week and won 6 on the bounce. You make it sound like we are shit, give it a fucking rest you melt
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We were the worse team even 11v10 lol, I’m just discussing what happened.

Whenever BTA has played in the 10 we have looked worrying and lacked control of the game, I don’t think we should do it again.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Yesterday at 3:11 PM
  • #813
steve cooper said:
They didn't look too bad against West Brom in the week
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Play like today every week they’ll rocket up the table
 
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TomRad85

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  • Yesterday at 3:11 PM
  • #814
Evo1883 said:
In fairness they are 4th and 5th choice midfielder .. how many teams in the top 6 are playing many games without 2 of their starting midfielders
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Boro without Hackney and Morris would be horse shit.
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Yesterday at 3:12 PM
  • #815
skybluecam said:
We were the worse team even 11v10 lol, I’m just discussing what happened.

Whenever BTA has played in the 10 we have looked worrying and lacked control of the game, I don’t think we should do it again.
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Like at sheffield wednesday?
 

skybluecam

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  • Yesterday at 3:14 PM
  • #816
Ccfcisparks said:
Like at sheffield wednesday?
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Yes, but they were so shit it didn’t matter.
 
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David O'Day

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  • Yesterday at 3:14 PM
  • #817
We were 3 nil up at half time and umeased off. Most teams will do that after 3 game week with potentially tricky away on Friday

Sent from my SM-G991B using Tapatalk
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Yesterday at 3:14 PM
  • #818
skybluecam said:
Yes, but they were so shit it didn’t matter.
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oh right
 
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steve cooper

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  • Yesterday at 3:16 PM
  • #819
The BBC report:
The visitors did pull one back from the penalty spot on 68 minutes via Imran Louza but Coventry coasted to a sixth win on the trot to extend their lead to four points at the top of the table before the afternoon kick-offs.
 

Sky Blue Goblin

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  • Yesterday at 3:16 PM
  • #820
skybluecam said:
We were the worse team even 11v10 lol, I’m just discussing what happened.

Whenever BTA has played in the 10 we have looked worrying and lacked control of the game, I don’t think we should do it again.
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I love BTA especially atm but when he plays as a ten it’s more as a second striker.

Dont think hes good there for when trying to control games. Not sure who’d play instead but would be tempted next match to put Eccles in the ten and BTA instead of EMC
 
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Matt smith

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  • Yesterday at 3:17 PM
  • #821
Superb superb result

I still think we need to play 3 actual midfielders

EMC isn’t doing enough at the moment

but don’t want that to overshadow a great 3 points
 
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shmmeee

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  • Yesterday at 3:19 PM
  • #822
Evo1883 said:
In fairness they are 4th and 5th choice midfielder .. how many teams in the top 6 are playing many games without 2 of their starting midfielders
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They’re first choice reserves. And overplaying others because we haven’t got the ability to rest them is part of what leads to the injuries.
 
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Covstar

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  • Yesterday at 3:19 PM
  • #823
Expectations on here have gone through the roof. 3-1 and yet still moaning about 'bad' performance. Do people honestly think a team plays well EVERY single game in a whole season?

The main thing is - another 3 points, still unbeaten, top of the league and this is without 2 of the best midfielders in this division not playing for us. Happy days, great weekend again. Let's move on to the next game.
 
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Evo1883

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  • Yesterday at 3:19 PM
  • #824
steve cooper said:
The BBC report:
The visitors did pull one back from the penalty spot on 68 minutes via Imran Louza but Coventry coasted to a sixth win on the trot to extend their lead to four points at the top of the table before the afternoon kick-offs.
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Well for the most part we did coast the second half .. we were hardly backs to the wall , a. Neutral input is good as you can see some fans have taken tgat second half quite badly
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Yesterday at 3:19 PM
  • #825
Matt smith said:
Superb superb result

I still think we need to play 3 actual midfielders

EMC isn’t doing enough at the moment

but don’t want that to overshadow a great 3 points
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and no hammer blow of a torp acl like you expected!
 
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Ccfcisparks

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 3:20 PM
  • #826
Covstar said:
Expectations on here have gone through the roof. 3-1 and yet still moaning about 'bad' performance. Do people honestly think a team plays well EVERY single game in a whole season?

The main thing is - another 3 points, still unbeaten, top of the league and this is without 2 of the best midfielders in this division not playing for us. Happy days, great weekend again. Let's move on to the next game.
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calling a game where we didn’t play well exactly that is not increasing expectations

Winning, but not playing well aren’t mutually exclusivr
 

Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 3:20 PM
  • #827
shmmeee said:
They’re first choice reserves. And overplaying others because we haven’t got the ability to rest them is part of what leads to the injuries.
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Not sure thats true after 11 games , both injuries have happened in training too .

Fact is weve been unlucky havent we .. adding 1 more is obviously ideal but even then could get another injury

Allen and eccles are not terrible players and have both been heaviy involved in playoff reaching teams
 

Joe King

Fairly well known member from Malvern
  • Yesterday at 3:22 PM
  • #828
StrettoBoy said:
We are the only team, out of the 92 League clubs, who have won every one of their last 6 matches.

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And the only unbeaten team!
 
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shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 3:22 PM
  • #829
Evo1883 said:
Not sure thats true after 11 games , both injuries have happened in training too .

Fact is weve been unlucky havent we .. adding 1 more is obviously ideal but even then could get another injury

Allen and eccles are not terrible players and have both been heaviy involved in playoff reaching teams
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They’re both sort of 8s. Neither is really a six or a ten and it means we’re stuck playing people out of position if Rudi or Grimes is out.
 

pusbccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 3:22 PM
  • #830


Are 'cracks beginning to show'?
 
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Tommo1993

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  • Yesterday at 3:22 PM
  • #831
Evo1883 said:
I could have been a girl if i wasnt a boy mate
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People sometimes seem to use if and buts in favour. The tension was palpable in that period of the first half. Lampard looked rattled and even quite animated in the second half.

Like I said, it’s worth the same points. But we can’t go switching off regardless of score line.
 
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Matt smith

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 3:23 PM
  • #832
Ccfcisparks said:
and no hammer blow of a torp acl like you expected!
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Why was he actually out
 

MAFF

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 3:24 PM
  • #833
Matt smith said:
Why was he actually out
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tight calf. should be fine for next week according to lampard
 
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CovInEssex

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 3:30 PM
  • #834
pusbccfc said:
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Are 'cracks beginning to show'?
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Conceded 2 in 2 games now, have teams found us out?
 

pusbccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 3:32 PM
  • #835
CovInEssex said:
Conceded 2 in 2 games now, have teams found us out?
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Seems so unfortunately. Not scoring a goal in the second half of a match is a real cause for concern.
 

Marty

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 3:32 PM
  • #836
Thought Watford were the best team we've played all season and with a bit better luck in front of goal they could have scored 4 or 5 today quite easily. We were clinical though, looked like a promotion winning side, not at our best today but swept them a side.
 

Sky Blue Goblin

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 3:33 PM
  • #837
Let’s just be honest here.

We didn’t get out of first gear today and beat a decent side picking up some points 3-1.

If we do that throughout we will be good. All teams are going to have off days and worse than that we’ve got a massive target on our back
 
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long way home

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  • Yesterday at 3:39 PM
  • #838
Ill take pts over performance every week and enjoy every minute of it without apology..

Fucking love it......
 
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CovInEssex

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 3:40 PM
  • #839
Watford were only good because we let them be good. We didn't break sweat and kept the ball in their half for - quite literally - minutes at a time. Judge us when we're not 3 goals to the good
 
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shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 3:40 PM
  • #840
Frankly if we concede against Wrexham id like Doug to come out and back Lampard to quiet down the noise.
 
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